Family:Whitney, Seth (1812-a1874)

Seth⁶ Whitney (Samuel Platt⁵, Uriah⁴, Nathan³, John², Henry¹), son of Samuel Platt⁵ and Martha (Hart)(Owen) Whitney, was born 19 Jul 1812, East Granville, MA, and died after 1874.

He married firstly, 14 Nov 1833, Montville, OH, Mary Batchelder, daughter of Philemon and Mary (Skinner) Batchelder. She was born 7 Jun 1808, New Hartford, CT, and died before 1847.

He married secondly, 27 Apr 1847, Montville, OH, Lucinda Tucker, daughter of Moses and Ruhama (Tryon) Tucker. She was born 10 May 1819, Mecca, OH, and died after 1874.

Phoenix says the following:

"Seth Whitney, b. at East Granville, Mass., 19 July 1812; a farmer, cheese-manufacturer, and hotel-keeper; settled in Montville, Ohio, 12 Oct. 1831, and has always lived there except nine years, 1848-1856, which were passed at Thompson, Ohio; married, 14 Nov. 1833, at Montville, by Rev. O. Lyman, to Mary Batchelder, of Montville, dau. of Philemon and Mary (Skinner) Batchelder, of New Hartford, Conn., where she was born, 7 June 1808; married (2d), 27 Ap. 1847, at Montville, by Spencer Garritt, Esq., to Lucinda Tucker, of Huntsburgh, Ohio, where her parents, Moses and Ruhama (Tryon) Tucker, died. She was born at Mecca, Ohio, 10 May 1819. He has been deacon of the Congregational Church, township treasurer, and, for nine years, postmaster."

Children of Seth⁶ and Mary (Batchelder) Whitney:

i.	Sarah Jane7 Whitney, b. 14 Dec 1834, Montville, OH; d. 27 Jun 1837, Montville, OH; bur. Montville Cemetery, Montville, OH.
ii.	Mary Elvira Whitney, b. 27 Aug 1836, Montville, OH; m. Sherman Enon Spencer.
iii.	Sophia Jane Whitney, b. 10 Mar 1840, Montville, OH; m. Hiram Tuttle.
iv.	Emeroy Margaret Whitney, b. 7 Feb 1843, Montville, OH; m. Henry Tenney Brown.
v.	Henry Philemon Whitney, b. 24 Jul 1845, Montville, OH; resided Montville, OH, 1874.

Children of Seth⁶ and Lucinda (Tucker) Whitney:

vi.	Nelson7 Whitney, b. 19 Feb 1847, Montville, OH; d. 30 Apr 1849, Thompson, OH; bur. Montville, OH.
vii.	Seth Wellington Whitney, b. 9 Mar 1852, Thompson, OH; d. 2 May 1853, Thompson, OH; bur. Montville, OH.
viii.	Josephine Lucinda Whitney, b. 28 Mar 1850, Montville, OH; resided Montville, OH, 1874.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), p. 331 and pp. 879-880.

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